John W Yates: Britain Year List 2020 BOU, All records Record(s) 1 to 255 of 255 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Brent Goose Branta bernicla 04/01/2020 Titchwell RSPB 2 Canada Goose Branta canadensis 01/01/2020 Rowley Regis 3 Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis 08/03/2020 Sandwell Valley RSPB 4 Greylag Goose Anser anser 04/01/2020 Titchwell RSPB 5 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus 05/01/2020 Weybourne 6 Tundra Bean Goose Anser serrirostris 05/01/2020 Weybourne 7 White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons 05/01/2020 Weybourne 8 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 01/01/2020 Rowley Regis 9 Bewick's Swan Cygnus columbianus 12/01/2020 Ludham airfield, Norfolk 10 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 12/01/2020 Ludham airfield, Norfolk 11 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca 03/01/2020 Stevenage, Hertfordshire 12 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 04/01/2020 Titchwell RSPB 13 Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata 12/02/2020 Standon near Ware 14 Garganey Spatula querquedula 23/05/2020 Berry Fen, Bluntisham Male 15 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 04/01/2020 Titchwell RSPB 16 Gadwall Mareca strepera 04/01/2020 Titchwell RSPB 17 Wigeon Mareca penelope 04/01/2020 Titchwell RSPB 18 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 01/01/2020 Rowley Regis 19 Pintail Anas acuta 04/01/2020 Titchwell RSPB 20 Teal Anas crecca 04/01/2020 Titchwell RSPB 21 Green-winged Teal Anas carolinensis 31/05/2020 Eyebrook Reservoir 22 Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina 18/01/2020 Stockers Lake complex, Herts 23 Pochard Aythya ferina 18/01/2020 Stockers Lake complex, Herts 24 Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca Yes 07/03/2020 West Park, Wolverhampon 25 Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris 18/01/2020 Finger Lake, Priory Country Park, Beds 26 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 01/01/2020 Rowley Regis 27 Scaup Aythya marila 26/01/2020 Abberton Reservoir 28 Eider Somateria mollissima 16/02/2020 Cley beach 29 Velvet Scoter Melanitta fusca 11/01/2020 Holkham beach 30 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 11/01/2020 Holkham beach 31 Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis 26/01/2020 Abberton Reservoir 32 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 18/01/2020 Stockers Lake complex, Herts 33 Smew Mergellus albellus 26/01/2020 Abberton Reservoir 34 Goosander Mergus merganser 26/01/2020 Abberton Reservoir 35 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 11/01/2020 Holkham beach 36 Red Grouse Lagopus lagopus 12/08/2020 North Moors NP 37 Grey Partridge Perdix perdix 11/01/2020 Field adjacent to Lady Ann' Drive, Holkham 38 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 04/01/2020 On route to Norfolk 39 Quail Coturnix coturnix 31/05/2020 Streatley, Beds Heard only 40 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa 05/01/2020 A149 41 Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus 04/07/2020 Holt Lowes Churring from 9.50pm then immediately 2 flying around 42 Swift Apus apus 07/05/2020 Garden 43 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus 08/05/2020 Walk to Ayot St Lawrance 44 Rock Dove (Feral Pigeon) Columba livia 04/01/2020 Stevenage, Hertfordshire 45 Stock Dove Columba oenas 12/01/2020 Hickling Broad NNT, Norfolk 46 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 01/01/2020 Rowley Regis 47 Turtle Dove Streptopelia turtur 25/05/2020 Otmoor RSPB 2 48 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 05/01/2020 Brandon 49 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 04/01/2020 Titchwell RSPB 50 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 01/01/2020 Rowley Regis 51 Coot Fulica atra 01/01/2020 Rowley Regis 52 Crane Grus grus 12/01/2020 Hickling Broad NNT, Norfolk 53 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 04/01/2020 Titchwell RSPB 54 Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena 06/03/2020 Rutland Water and escaped Bufflehead 55 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 03/01/2020 Stevenage, Hertfordshire 56 Slavonian Grebe Podiceps auritus 16/02/2020 Titchwell RSPB 57 Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis 01/02/2020 Draycote Water 58 Stone-curlew Burhinus oedicnemus 08/08/2020 The Brecks 59 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 04/01/2020 Titchwell RSPB 60 Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus 07/06/2020 Rye Harbour NR - Castle Reach 61 Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta 25/01/2020 Rainham Marshes RSPB foreshore 62 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola 04/01/2020 Titchwell RSPB 63 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 25/01/2020 Rainham Marshes RSPB 64 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 22/02/2020 Port Enyon beach 65 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius 16/05/2020 Amwell 66 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 11/01/2020 Lady Anne's Drive, Norfolk 67 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 07/07/2020 Oare Marshes KWT, Kent 68 Curlew Numenius arquata 04/01/2020 Titchwell RSPB 69 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 04/01/2020 Titchwell RSPB 70 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 04/01/2020 Titchwell RSPB 71 Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus 07/03/2020 Upton Warren 2 72 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola 20/12/2020 Sandy RSPB 7 73 Snipe Gallinago gallinago 25/01/2020 Rainham Marshes RSPB 74 Wilson's Phalarope Phalaropus tricolor Yes 16/10/2020 Pennington Marshes So close 75 Grey Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius 26/09/2020 Kelling Water Meadow 76 Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus 24/05/2020 Tring Reservoir - Wilstone Also Cley NNT on 5 Jul 2020 77 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 03/07/2020 Amwell, Herts 78 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus 18/01/2020 Lemsford Springs, Herts 79 Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola 05/07/2020 Wells East pools So windy. Better view at Gypsy Lane East pit. 80 Redshank Tringa totanus 04/01/2020 Titchwell RSPB 81 Lesser Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes Yes 11/07/2020 Wells, North Pools Also seen at Cley on 31st October 2020 82 Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus 04/01/2020 Titchwell RSPB 83 Greenshank Tringa nebularia 13/07/2020 Amwell GP 84 Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca Yes 08/11/2020 Dunwich Pools, Suffolk And 2 Eastern Wagtails 85 Turnstone Arenaria interpres 04/01/2020 Titchwell RSPB 86 Knot Calidris canutus 04/01/2020 Titchwell RSPB 87 Ruff Calidris pugnax 11/01/2020 Lady Ann's Drive 88 Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea 01/08/2020 Frampton Marsh RSPB x3 89 Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii 10/08/2020 Amwell GPs 90 Sanderling Calidris alba 04/01/2020 Titchwell RSPB 91 Dunlin Calidris alpina 04/01/2020 Titchwell RSPB 92 Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima 05/01/2020 Sheringham sea front 93 Little Stint Calidris minuta 08/08/2020 Titchwell Marsh RSPB 94 Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos 11/08/2020 Kilnsea wetlands 95 Little Tern Sternula albifrons 05/07/2020 Wells-next-the-Sea 96 Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica Yes 27/06/2020 Dungeness ARC pit, Kent 97 Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia Yes 14/06/2020 Potter Heigham 98 Black Tern Chlidonias niger 15/05/2020 Tring Reservoirs - Wilstone Flyby at Cley on 30/8/2020 99 White-winged Black Tern Chlidonias leucopterus 05/09/2020 Cantley Beet Factory Lagoon 100 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 15/05/2020 Tring Reservoirs - Startops 101 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis 07/06/2020 Rye Harbour NR 102 Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus 15/05/2020 Tring Reservoir - Startops 103 Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 22/02/2020 Flyby on the Mumbles Pier, Swamsea 104 Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia Yes 07/07/2020 Oare Marshes, Kent 105 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 01/01/2020 Rowley Regis 106 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus 22/02/2020 Swansea, Bracelet Bay 107 Common Gull Larus canus 03/01/2020 Stevenage, Hertfordshire 108 Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans 06/01/2020 Fairlands Valley Park, Stevenage 109 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 05/01/2020 Sheringham sea front 110 Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis 19/07/2020 Rainham Marshes RSPB - on the river as tide falling 111 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 05/01/2020 Sheringham sea front 112 Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus 07/03/2020 Upton Snodbury 113 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 01/01/2020 Rowley Regis 114 Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides 23/02/2020 Aberavon Beach Possible Kumleins Gull 115 Long-tailed Skua Stercorarius longicaudus 15/08/2020 Cley NNT at sea 116 Arctic Skua Stercorarius parasiticus 15/08/2020 Cley NNT at sea 15+ 117 Great Skua Stercorarius skua 16/08/2020 Cley NNT, seawatch x2 118 Puffin Fratercula arctica 20/06/2020 Bempton Cliffs RSPB 119 Razorbill Alca torda 20/06/2020 Bempton Cliffs RSPB 120 Common Guillemot Uria aalge 16/02/2020 Cley beach 121 Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata 16/02/2020 Cley beach 122 Black-throated Diver Gavia arctica 15/02/2020 Suffolk Water Park 123 Great Northern Diver Gavia immer 01/02/2020 Draycote Water 124 Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 29/02/2020 Hunstanton 125 Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus 30/08/2020 Sheringham seawatch Talk of distant Sooty Sherwater. Many Great, Arctic and Long Tailed Skua. 126 Gannet Morus bassanus 16/02/2020 Cley beach 127 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 03/01/2020 Stevenage, Hertfordshire 128 Shag Gulosus aristotelis 14/08/2020 Flamborough Head 129 Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus 18/07/2020 Lower Moor, Worcs 130 Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia 29/02/2020 Holkham Freshmarsh 131 Bittern Botaurus stellaris 19/01/2020 Marsworth Reservoir, Herts 132 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 04/01/2020 Titchwell RSPB 133 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis 15/02/2020 Potter Heigham No 140 134 Great White Egret Ardea alba 12/01/2020 Hickling Broad NNT, Norfolk 135 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 01/01/2020 Rowley Regis 136 Osprey Pandion haliaetus 28/06/2020 Rutland Water 137 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 01/01/2020 Rowley Regis 138 Goshawk Accipiter gentilis 08/02/2020 Cockley Cley 139 Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 04/01/2020 Titchwell RSPB 140 Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus 16/02/2020 Wicken Fen No 147 - 3 male, 2 female 141 Red Kite Milvus milvus 04/01/2020 Titchwell RSPB 142 Rough-legged Buzzard Buteo lagopus 11/01/2020 Wells best from Pinewoods Caravan Park 143 Buzzard Buteo buteo 04/01/2020 Stevenage, Hertfordshire 144 Barn Owl Tyto alba 12/01/2020 Hickling Broad NNT, Norfolk 145 Little Owl Athene noctua 25/01/2020 Elmley Marshes 146 Long-eared Owl Asio otus 25/01/2020 Elmley Marshes 147 Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus 25/01/2020 Elmley Marshes 148 Tawny Owl Strix aluco 08/02/2020 Lynford Arboretum 149 Hoopoe Upupa epops 09/11/2020 Northill, Beds On the church 150 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 19/01/2020 Marsworth Reservoir, Herts 151 Wryneck Jynx torquilla 31/08/2020 Weyburne Camp, 'The Scrape' 152 Lesser Spotted Woodpecker Dryobates minor 06/03/2020 The Brecks 153 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 26/01/2020 Finginghoe Wick 154 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis 13/02/2020 Stevenage 155 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 04/01/2020 Titchwell RSPB area 156 Red-footed Falcon Falco vespertinus 12/06/2020 Fen Drayton RSPB Female 157 Merlin Falco columbarius 21/09/2020 Wallington Road 158 Hobby Falco subbuteo 10/05/2020 Panshanger Park Massive bike ride 159 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 25/01/2020 Elmley Marshes 160 Ring-necked Parakeet Psittacula krameri 05/01/2020 Welwyn Garden City 161 Great Grey Shrike Lanius excubitor 18/01/2020 Brogborough, Beds 162 Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio 11/08/2020 Spurn Then Flamborough Head 163 Jay Garrulus glandarius 13/01/2020 Welwyn Garden City, Herts 164 Magpie Pica pica 01/01/2020 Rowley Regis 165 Chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax 22/02/2020 The Gower Two seen at Pendeen lighthouse on 11th October 166 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 05/01/2020 Weybourne 167 Rook Corvus frugilegus 04/01/2020 Wallington area, Hertfordshire 168 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 01/01/2020 Rowley Regis 169 Raven Corvus corax 03/03/2020 Childwickbury 170 Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus 17/01/2020 Heartwood Forest, Herts One with a Redwing mear the scout hut. 171 Coal Tit Periparus ater 04/01/2020 Titchwell RSPB 172 Marsh Tit Poecile palustris 08/02/2020 Lynford Arboretum 173 Willow Tit Poecile montanus 05/10/2020 Lower Tamar Lake. Also heard at Cockley Cley and probable at Wykeham Forest. 174 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 01/01/2020 Rowley Regis 175 Great Tit Parus major 01/01/2020 Rowley Regis 176 Bearded Tit Panurus biarmicus 12/07/2020 East Bank, Cley NNT 3 juveniles 177 Woodlark Lullula arborea 01/03/2020 Weybourne 178 Skylark Alauda arvensis 11/01/2020 Holkham beach 179 Shore Lark Eremophila alpestris 29/02/2020 Holkham beach 180 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 01/05/2020 Stanborough exercise walk 181 Crag Martin Ptyonoprogne rupestris Yes 28/11/2020 Samphire Hoe CP, Kent 182 Swallow Hirundo rustica 22/04/2020 Garden 183 House Martin Delichon urbicum 01/05/2020 Stanborough exercise walk 184 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti 25/01/2020 Rainham Marshes RSPB 185 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 05/01/2020 Weybourne 186 Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus 11/10/2020 Kendijack Valley Near water treatment works, near Bridge. 187 Pallas's Warbler Phylloscopus proregulus 17/10/2020 East end of Stiffkey Wood Also 18/10/20 at Thornham harbour 188 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 16/05/2020 Hatfield 189 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 26/01/2020 Finginghoe Wick 190 Iberian Chiffchaff Phylloscopus ibericus Yes 14/06/2020 Eastbridge Heard only 191 Greenish Warbler Phylloscopus trochiloides 11/08/2020 Flamborough Head LIFER. In hedge next to lighthouse 192 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 13/05/2020 Stanborough Lakes 193 Blyth's Reed Warbler Acrocephalus dumetorum 20/06/2020 Far Ings NNR, Lincs LIFER 194 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 14/05/2020 Tyttenhanger causeway 195 Marsh Warbler Acrocephalus palustris 06/06/2020 Kings Mead, Ware 196 Icterine Warbler Hippolais icterina 11/08/2020 Spurn Maybe two 197 Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia 19/05/2020 Hatfield Heard only at dusk 198 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 08/04/2020 Garden 199 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin 26/04/2020 Ayot St Peter 200 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca 16/05/2020 Hatfield 201 Whitethroat Curruca communis 26/04/2020 Ayot St Peter 202 Dartford Warbler Curruca undata 14/06/2020 Minsmere RSPB 203 Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla 22/04/2020 Welwyn Garden City 204 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 26/01/2020 Finginghoe Wick 205 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 04/01/2020 Sedgeford, Norfolk 206 Nuthatch Sitta europaea 13/01/2020 Welwyn Garden City, Herts 207 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 01/03/2020 Kelling Heath path down to Kelling 208 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 05/01/2020 Sheringham sea front 209 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 13/01/2020 Welwyn Garden City, Herts 210 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 10/01/2020 Ashwell, Hertfordshire 211 Redwing Turdus iliacus 12/01/2020 Hickling Broad NNT, Norfolk 212 Blackbird Turdus merula 01/01/2020 Rowley Regis 213 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 17/01/2020 Heartwood Forest, Herts 214 Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus 10/10/2020 Avon Dam Reservoir 2 seen 215 Black-throated Thrush Turdus atrogularis Yes 19/01/2020 Whipsnade Zoo, Beds 216 Rufous-tailed Scrub Robin Cercotrichas galactotes Yes 17/10/2020 Stiffkey Marshes LIFER. Seen really well about 11.30. Seen four times in all. Excellent views on flattened grass in suede near Bridge. Very muddy. 217 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata 16/05/2020 Sandon 218 Robin Erithacus rubecula 04/01/2020 Welwyn Garden City 219 Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos 23/05/2020 Beds and then at Paxton Heards only 220 Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca 11/08/2020 Easington churchyard Then seen at Spurn and Famborough 221 Red-flanked Bluetail Tarsiger cyanurus 17/10/2020 Waxham, along coast path behind dunes 222 Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros 17/10/2020 Waxham church 223 Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus 11/07/2020 Ivinghoe Beacon, Herts 224 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra 18/07/2020 Eyebrook Reservoir, Leics 225 Siberian Stonechat Saxicola maurus Yes 18/10/2020 Holkham Pines. West end near gate. Awaiting DNA analysis 226 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 28/01/2020 Wallington Road 227 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 07/06/2020 Rye Harbour NR 228 Dipper Cinclus cinclus 23/02/2020 Port Talbot 229 Tree Sparrow Passer montanus 18/01/2020 Tyttenhanger Farm, Herts 230 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 01/01/2020 Rowley Regis 231 Dunnock Prunella modularis 04/01/2020 Sedgeford, Norfolk 232 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava 16/05/2020 Ashwell 233 Eastern Yellow Wagtail Motacilla tschutschensis Yes 04/01/2020 Sedgeford, Norfolk World and UK LIFER 234 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 18/01/2020 Lemsford Springs, Herts 235 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 04/01/2020 Sedgeford, Norfolk 236 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 24/01/2020 Ellenbrooke Fields 237 Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta 29/02/2020 Titchwell RSPB 238 Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus 11/01/2020 Holkham beach 239 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 04/01/2020 Sedgeford, Norfolk 240 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla 08/02/2020 Lynford Arboretum 241 Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes 17/01/2020 3 at top of tree at end of Bramfield churchyard 242 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 05/01/2020 On route to Norfolk 243 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 04/01/2020 Titchwell RSPB 244 Twite Linaria flavirostris 16/02/2020 Thornham harbour 245 Linnet Linaria cannabina 04/01/2020 Thornham harbour 246 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret 18/10/2020 Weybourne 247 Common Crossbill Loxia curvirostra 26/07/2020 Weybourne Woods early am 248 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 04/01/2020 Titchwell RSPB 249 Siskin Spinus spinus 24/01/2020 Colney Heath 250 Lapland Bunting Calcarius lapponicus 26/09/2020 End of East Bank, Cley NWT 251 Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis 11/01/2020 Holkham beach 252 Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra 10/01/2020 Wallington Road, Hertfordshire 253 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 28/01/2020 Sandon Road 254 Cirl Bunting Emberiza cirlus 07/10/2020 Labrador Bay, Devon 255 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus 19/01/2020 Marsworth Reservoir, Herts